Current Appointments & Affiliations
Brenda E. Armstrong, M. D. Distinguished Professor
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2024 - Present
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care,
Medicine
Professor of Medicine
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2020 - Present
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care,
Medicine
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
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2002 - Present
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development,
Institutes and Centers
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2017 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Exploring Racial Differences in Family Expressions of Emotion and Clinician Empathy in ICU Family Meetings
Conference Chest Critical Care · December 1, 2025 Background: Critical care guidelines recommend that clinicians provide emotional support to families of critically ill patients during family meetings. Little is known about how family member race impacts how emotions are expressed and supported in meeting ... Full text CitePerceived Value of Transfusion Access and Hospice Services Among Patients With Blood Cancers.
Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · November 3, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Although patients with blood cancers have the lowest rates of hospice use in oncology, there are sparse data regarding their perceptions of the services that hospice can provide. Lack of transfusion access in hospice has been posited as a key b ... Full text Link to item CitePrevalence and Impact of Traumatic Life Events among Black and White Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Patients.
Conference Ann Am Thorac Soc · November 2025 Rationale: Lifetime trauma is common and may affect interactions with the healthcare system. Objectives: To measure the prevalence of lifetime trauma and its association with family-clinician interpersonal outcomes in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 20322/3 CTSA K12 Program at Duke University
ResearchAssociate Director · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Improving needs among older adults: the ICUconnect 2 primary palliative care RCT
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2024 - 2029View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Johns Hopkins University ·
1997
M.D.